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, and this year’s FLL challenge revolves around bees<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"LEGO](\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LEGO-LEAGUE-JR-2016-CREATURE-CRAZE-HONEY-BEE-DOCUMENT-600x778.jpg\")
<\/a>Logo Line Items<\/h3>\n
The kids had a lot of ideas of the elements they wanted incorporated into their logo.<\/p>\n
- \n
- Hive<\/li>\n
- Honey<\/li>\n
- Honeycombs<\/li>\n
- Bees<\/li>\n
- Minecraft styling & themes<\/li>\n
- We were also going to put some sort of machine that scrapes the covers off the top of honeycomb frames\u00a0(probably using poor terminology at every opportunity there), since Lego League has a mechanical emphasis. But that didn’t make the cut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
![\"F48B](\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/F48B-Minecraft-Diamond-Pickaxe-Inhand-600x600.jpg\")
<\/a>F48B Minecraft Diamond Pickaxe Inhand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n
Blocky is Beautiful<\/h3>\n
The one asset in the logo I didn’t create was the “Diamond Pickaxe”. It’s a photo of a foam toy from Think Geek<\/a>. Everything else was original, and made using Xara Pro graphics editor software<\/a>
.<\/p>\n
There\u00a0are 7 blocky little bees because there’s 7 of us on the team. The hive was made as a 2D group of squares and thick lines, then extruded through 3D effects in Xara. In case you’re not familiar with Minecraft, it’s got a very “blocky” styling.<\/p>\n
The background honeycomb panel also has some extruded 3D elements and a semi-transparent honey-colored overlay.<\/p>\n
Drop shadows were added to create depth. I know the latest trend in graphic design is that everything is “flat<\/a>
” now, but I thought the depth effects were appropriate since we’re going for a 3D Minecraft<\/a>
\u00a0style.<\/p>\n
Here’s the Logo. Enjoy.<\/h3>\n
![\"LEGO](\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/LEGO-LEAGUE-LOGO-2016-HIVE-MINERS-TEAM-600x600.png\")
<\/a>LEGO LEAGUE LOGO 2016 – HIVE MINERS TEAM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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